For the ultimate indulgence, clients feel pampered with a warm neck wrap while their feet are soaked in rose-scented heavenly foot soak. Aroma-therapeutic properties will help rid the skin of harmful toxins. Heavenly exfoliating scrub will stir the senses while skin is left feeling soft and supple. Next, your client will have her hands enveloped with a heavenly masque containing hydrating sesame oil, chamomile extracts, aloe vera, and soothing botanicals. An extended hand massage along with hot stone massage therapy will help to decrease stress and tension, leaving your client feeling like she’s in heaven!

Transport your client with an exotic manicure service reminiscent of Arabian Nights. Indulge her senses with sandalwood, jasmine, and rose essences while she enjoys an invigorating aromatherapy sugar scrub that will leave her skin smooth and exfoliated, followed by a fragrant, healing masque for her hands and arms, and finishing with a pampering massage that will leave her hands as soft and pretty as a desert princess.

Celebrity nail tech Pattie Yankee recently partnered with performer Devon Diep, whose new song “Green Dragon” will be featured in the upcoming film “Revenge of the Green Dragons,” to produce a polish collection.

In January of last year we introduced our #31NAILS2014 game where we challenged participants to complete a different nail art theme every day and share it on social media. We asked Shannon Rooney (@seriouslynails) of Las Vegas and Kelly McNair (@kikiandcompany) of Toledo, Ohio, about what it took to produce a new nail design for almost every day of the year.

Talk about sleek, chic, and modern, the new Claude Baruk Salon at Wynn in Las Vegas boasts a floor-to-ceiling window wall that adds a warm, natural glow to the slick white interiors and Italian polished chrome furnishings.

If you’re not in the habit of annually cleaning your salon, you should add it to the list of what it takes to be a successful salon owner. Below we’ve listed tips and techniques, plus advice from owners and techs who make it routine to clean their salons and workstations yearly.

Help your clients take a load off with these sweet, functional, and relaxing bath products. They’ll love the opportunity to indulge and you’ll love having yet another reason to entice them into your salon. What better way for them to pamper themselves than doing so after a carefree day at your salon?

In his new book, “Tales of an American Entrepreneur: Journey of a Small Business Owner,” beauty industry veteran Michael Randazzo shares business tools and counsels patience and perseverance to help other salon owners achieve the level of success he has seen.

What’s the best way to handle friends and relatives who expect free nail services — especially now that I’m working out of my home? I don’t want any hurt feelings, but that’s not something I can afford to do.

A certified Family Business Advisor and consultant, author Henry Hutcheson is all too familiar with the patterns that can lead to problems in family-owned businesses. And they’re almost always preventable.

Repo Gal: “I’ve had people pull guns on me, had angry folks yell and run after me as I drive away, had nasty notes left on my desk, and even received threatening text messages,” says nail tech and car repossession agent Brandi Melvin.

Custom bedazzled Beats By Dre headphones and iPads at each customer’s disposal are just two examples of how House of Polish in Beverly Hills, Calif., is sparing no expense to be as trendy as its zip code.

Recycling pioneer TerraCycle gives salon owners the ability to reduce salon waste significantly through its Zero Waste program, which allows you to collect and recycle everything from empty product bottles and old brushes to latex gloves and even human hair.

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